Espinoza and DS9/VOY director Jesús Salvador Treviño won a Directors Guild of America (DGA) Award for their work on the "Gangs" episode of the CBS Schoolbreak Special. Espinoza's other television credits as a 1st AD include Alfred Hitchcock Presents, Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman and 7th Heaven. The latter series featured Stephen Collins and Catherine Hicks in the regular cast.